Sadly Over-hyped

Great Film overall

As Good As It Gets

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I absolutely adore this movie! I've noticed that films produced by Shah Rukh himself tend to end up in my TOP-10 list -- Asoka, Main Hoon Na. And the same happened with Chalte Chalte -- it's definitely one of my favorites now, right up there with Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and DDLJ, if not better.I really love the SRK--Rani jodi. They both gave great performances and looked really convincing and sweet as a couple. I was so rooting for Raj and Priya to be happy and together in this film that the viewing turned into a very emotional experience for me, which I didn't expect at all, having read some rather lukewarm reviews.Rani looks absolutely stunning (well, as usual) and very feminine. Shah Rukh oozes charm and charisma in a really complex role. I personally just loved his character -- with all his flaws and insecurities. Together they are just way too cute. I liked how realistic and unpretentious this film was, liked the drama in the second half, loved the music and all the songs. They are all outstanding. Overall, I think it was a very well made film that really endeared itself to my heart. Not one boring scene (except for the very beginning -- I really thought that subplot could have been done away with), and Johnny Lever was great -- hilarious in most scenes (in an unusual role), serious and adding to the drama in others.I'm just grateful that this film exists.

I really enjoyed it.It was throughly enjoyable.The story was really good.It was a mature love story.It was very realistic and a typical one too.Scenes were really exciting.Dialogs and script were great.The first half was really enjoyable because of comedy and romance.Second half had drama but was still enjoyable.The chemistry was remarkable.The direction was very good.Acting was phenomenal.Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee have given superb performances.Others are good.The comedy was very entertaining and funny.I don't know why Aziz Mirza made Kismat Konnection which was simply horrific after this.Songs are catchy and enjoyable.Any way,Watch this you will enjoy it

I really liked this movie even if it's true in some scenes we feel bored and I think it could be better done.Yet the songs are really nice. The landscapes also (especially the one in Europe). The story is simple but I think it was the intention of the producer (to produce something which relates the reality).I give 7/10 to this movie especially for the songs and for the landscapes which take us miles away at least during 3 hours so we forget our problems and daily life to enter in the world of 2 "different" kind of lovers which 2 opposite personalities.To watch more than one time because really enjoyable songs, musics and landscapes!

Note there are some spoilers in this review. I have tried to highlight these where applicable.It's not like I hadn't been interested but I still didn't really know what to expect when I was 'challenged' by a friend to go and see for myself why she was so crazy about all things Bollywood. Ok, so I expected colour and dancing and spectacular music, but what else? Would I miss the subtleties? Undoubtedly. But if that were the case, would it still be possible to enjoy the film as an 'outsider'? Well, I'm here to tell you that indeed you can. Indeed we did!Like I said, I have little to compare the film with in respect of other Bollywood films - not being part of the hindiscenti, so to speak - but let's just say that if the film had ended after its upbeat first hour and a half, its innocence and its charm and some halfway decent marketing would surely have made it a serious - well, in truth, more a cheeky and chirpy - contender for the sort of mantle that has in the past been too easily wrapped around the likes of the entirely average "Bridget Jones' Diary" - that is to say, the "feelgood movie of the year". Imagine that if you can, a Bollywood film as the mainstream movie hit of the year! But it could have been so. Instead, the film continued for another seventy or so minutes, getting progressively darker and deeper. But don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy the rest of the film - I did, it's just that that wasn't what I was describing before. No, snipping the film at the hour and a half mark would have cost us the brilliantly acted (and scripted) argument scenes.***spoiler*** It would have robbed us of the pathos of the scene where the impressionable young girl accidentally uncovers the fact that all is not rosy in the Raj-Priya home. But most of all it would have deprived us of the incredibly touching face-off at the airport and the final denouement. ***end spoiler***Overall then, as a first foray into the filmi fraternity, it was an overwhelmingly positive and encouraging experience. In short, we both loved it.Ok, so my wife had the added attraction of the staggeringly smooth Mr Shah Rukh Khan - about whom my BollyDolly friend regularly, and expansively salivates, but then, truth be told, Rani Mukherjee wasn't exactly lacking in attractive powers either. - a very handsome couple indeed. But I have to admit that it's Shah Rukh Khan who steals the show. Hell, this bloke is blessed with a tongue crafted from the purest silver; a charm so potent it should be classified as a weapon of mass destruction and licensed for use against politicians, tabloid journalists, cynics and cold-hearted curmudgeons the world over to make the world a far, far better place. I mean, there was one scene ***spoiler coming...*** where Khan's Raj was telling Mukherjee's Priya all the things he would do for her and how much he wanted her to be happy - all the while flashing that cheeky crease of the face trick - where I think, even a red-blooded male such as myself, would have almost succumbed to marry the royally-larynxed Raj! He's THAT good! ***end-spoiler***So, as if that's not enough, what else was it that made me love this film? Well, it's the unpretentiousness. There's an innocence, a simplicity which made it seem fresh. No tricks. No flashiness. Just a simple but intriguing story, well told. Even though at times it seemed to veer wildly between the kitsch and the deadly, deadly serious, and was sometimes hammed up to the extreme, it still left you caring passionately about these characters to an extent that I for one, only usually experience when watching real classics like "Life Is Beautiful". But having already confessed how close I was to succumbing to Raj's charms, I see no reason to feel any shame in admitting that there were nearly tears in my (partner's!!) eyes on not one occasion, but several!It sounds corny I know - though not half as corny as some of the translated song lyrics, man what's that all about! - but this film will make you laugh, it'll make you cry, it'll make you smile and it'll make you grimace. Sometimes it'll even do it all in the same scene - watch that shoe Raj! I'm still smiling about the beauty and sheer joy of Raj and Priya's trip through the countryside - like a hip "Sound Of Music". I loved the whole "She's Missing" song (sorry don't know the correct title) and accompanying routine. Raj's tomfoolery - and although he played the buffoon, when it counted he sure knew how to snare that girl! Then there's the playfulness of the scenes when they are in Greece together. ***spoiler*** The bit where the girl in the bowling alley bursts into tears; the hilarious scene with the policeman (who played a great role, akin to a Shakespearian fool); Raj's telephone call with an irate customer - how could you NOT love this film? ***end-spoiler*** Then there were the fits of giggles from the blokes in the seats behind us, one even slapping the back of the seats in front of him, unable as he was to contain his glee at the sheer audacity of the script.I could go on for hours, and I probably will (as someone once said) but why not let "Chalte Chalte" put the joy back in for you?And if the moral of our tale (for although I'm told there often is one, who am I to say) is that the course of true love doesn't always run smoothly but that the rough parts of the trip perhaps serve to make you appreciate the smoother ones even more, then you could say that's just like "Chalte Chalte" and even life itself isn't it?